Gardening and Horticulture - Removing spent rose flowers

Doityourself.com community forum was created to provide answers to all questions related to home improvement and home repair. Doityourself community can help you find information about how-to topics on small fixes to large remodeling projects. With comprehensive how-to content and expertly moderated community forums DoItYourself.com makes it easy to tackle even the most complex home improvement projects.



PDA

View Full Version : Removing spent rose flowers

new_homeowner
06-11-05, 03:32 AM
I have a climbing rose bush of unknown variety. I was told to remove spent flowers by cutting just above the first 5-leaflet leaf. Is this true?

chfite
06-11-05, 09:11 PM
A more specific rendition would be to remove the spent blooms just above the foliage. Don't remove any foliage. New blooms are produced from the leaves immediately below the old flower clusters on climbing roses.

Hope this helps.
BobF
06-12-05, 10:19 AM
You do need to remove the spent flowers before they go to seed. Once the seed, the bush thinks it is done fo the season and will shut itself down.
Once fall gets here, stop removing the spent flowers. Let the bush go dormant naturally.